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SB132 • 2025

classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty

classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senators James, Bradley and Nass, cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Behnke, Donovan, Gundrum, Kreibich, Maxey and Murphy
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)
Effective date
Not listed

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classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty

classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

What This Bill Does

  • classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  3. 2026-03-10 Sen.

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  4. 2026-03-06 Sen.

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  5. 2026-01-23 Sen.

    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

  6. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  7. 2025-11-11 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  8. 2025-11-11 Sen.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety , Ayes 8, Noes 0

  9. 2025-11-11 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  10. 2025-10-22 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  11. 2025-10-20 Sen.

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  12. 2025-10-15 Sen.

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  13. 2025-10-09 Sen.

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  14. 2025-09-25 Sen.

    Senator Jacque added as a coauthor

  15. 2025-03-14 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators James , Bradley and Nass ; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers , Behnke , Donovan , Gundrum , Kreibich , Maxey and Murphy

  16. 2025-03-14 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Official Summary Text

classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty
Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 132
March 14, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
James
,
Bradley
and
Nass
, cosponsored by Representatives
Wichgers
,
Behnke
,
Donovan
,
Gundrum
,
Kreibich
,
Maxey
and
Murphy
. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB132,1,4
1
An Act

to amend
946.70 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (d);
to create
946.70 (1) (intro.) of
2
the statutes;
relating to:
classification of the crime of impersonating law
3
enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and
4
providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person may not impersonate a peace officer, a fire fighter, an emergency services medical practitioner, or an emergency medical provider with the intent to mislead others into believing that the person is actually an officer, a fire fighter, or emergency personnel. Current law classifies the crime as a Class A misdemeanor. This bill changes the classification to a Class I felony.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB132,1
5
Section

1
.
946.70 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
SB132,2,2
1
946.70
(1)
(intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), whoever does any of the
2
following is guilty of a Class I felony:
SB132,2
3
Section

2
.
946.70 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB132,2,6
4
946.70
(1)
(a)
Except as provided in sub. (2), whoever impersonates

5
Impersonates
a peace officer with intent to mislead others into believing that the
6
person is actually a peace officer
is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
.
SB132,2,9
7
(b)
Except as provided in sub. (2), whoever impersonates

Impersonates
a fire
8
fighter with intent to mislead others into believing that the person is actually a fire
9
fighter
is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
.
SB132,2,13
10
(c)
Except as provided in sub. (2), whoever impersonates

Impersonates
an
11
emergency medical services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), with intent to
12
mislead others into believing that the person is actually an emergency medical
13
services practitioner
is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
.
SB132,2,17
14
(d)
Except as provided in sub. (2), whoever impersonates

Impersonates
an
15
emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), with intent to mislead
16
others into believing that the person is actually an emergency medical responder
is
17
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
.
SB132,2,18
18
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